Orange City police seize synthetic marijuana at convenience store

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Jan 23, 2014 at 11:35 AMJan 23, 2014 at 11:37 AM

By Patricio G. Balonapatricio.balona@news-jrnl.com

Orange City police seized hundreds of packets of synthetic marijuana from a convenience store valued at $12,000, a police spokesman said.The synthetic drugs known as K-2 were seized from the Lil’ Sammy’s store at 2135 S. Volusia Ave., said Orange City police Lt. Jason Sampsell.Sampsell said investigators got a tip two months ago that the store was still selling the “fake pot” even after they were warned that there is now a law making the sale of K-2 illegal.In December 2012, Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi issued an emergency order that banned 22 new synthetic drugs, including K-2. The emergency law made it a third-degree felony for an individual to “sell, manufacture, or deliver, or possess with intent to sell, manufacture or deliver.” On Wednesday at 3 p.m., police executed a search warrant at the convenience store and seized 392 packages of the synthetic marijuana valued at approximately $12,000, Sampsell said.Felony criminal charges are pending as investigators continue to interview multiple people to identify everyone who participated in the sale of synthetic cannabinoids, Sampsell said.

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